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Today I’m pairing two ghost signs from two different cities. Both of these signs advertise cold storage. The picture taken in Pittsburgh was taken from the highway. I thought it was neat (and random!) that there was a smiling fish made out of Christmas lights on top of the ghost sign with the word WHOLEY inside:Upon further inspection it turns out that this is the home of Wholey’s Fish Market.

While in San Antonio, I literally stumbled across the Merchants Ice & Cold Storage ghost sign. Here are a couple of close ups:

I love finding overlapping signs:& detail:On the left side of the building:See any ghost signs in your city? Take a picture and tweet them to me @nikki_vz to be featured in an upcoming post!